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Trump rejects Russia hacking plot as Putin direct role reported
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday again rejected the CIA's conclusion that Russia manipulated the US election, as the hacking scandal expanded into a hefty foreign policy challenge just five weeks before he takes office.
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Murdoch's 21st Century Fox forms TV titan with Sky buy
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox on Thursday sealed a $14.8-billion (14-billion-euro) cash deal for control of pan-European pay-TV giant Sky, creating a global entertainment titan.
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China 'moves large weapons' into S.China Sea islets
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - New satellite imagery shows China has apparently installed "significant" defensive weapons on a series of artificial islands it built in the South China Sea, a US-based think tank said Wednesday.
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Luis Suarez agrees new Barcelona contract to 2021
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» BARCELONA - Luis Suarez has agreed a new contract with Barcelona, keeping him at the Camp Nou until June 2021, the Spanish champions announced on Thursday.
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Thai trawlers evade illegal-fishing crackdown
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» Thai fishing fleets have shifted to remote and ecologically vulnerable waters off the east African coast to evade a regional crackdown on illegal fishing and human trafficking, environmental watchdog Greenpeace said on Thursday.
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BTS Etiquette
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 16/12/2016
» On Sunday, a picture of three teenage girls hanging out and eating on the floor inside a BTS car got circulated online. I guess they didn't get the memo that drinking or eating is not allowed while on the Skytrain. Or perhaps they thought it was OK, so long as they were sitting down?
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Incoming UN chief names three women to top posts
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Incoming UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday announced his choice of Nigeria's Environment Minister Amina Mohammed to be the UN's number two official and tabbed two other women for key leadership posts.
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Yahoo hack shows data as tool of information warfare
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - The massive hack affecting a billion Yahoo users shows how seemingly innocuous bits of data gleaned from cyber attacks can be exploited for profit -- and potentially for espionage and information warfare.
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Major slowdown in global wage growth: UN
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» GENEVA - Global wage growth has slowed significantly, a worrying development that could fuel further inequality and suppress consumption worldwide, a United Nations report said Thursday.
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Donald Trump and China: The 'madman' strategy
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/12/2016
» 'When two elephants fight against each other, the grass always suffers," said Yu-Fang Lin of the National Policy Foundation, a Taiwan-based think tank, in an interview with the Washington Times. He was talking about the famous phone call between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and Donald Trump on 2 Dec. If the US and China get into a military confrontation, Mr Lin suggested, it is Taiwan that will be crushed.
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